Map of Russian fortification lines on the Zaporozhye front.

The counteroffensive has begun, after a series of failed Ukrainian attacks in the preceding few days. The axis of attack does appear to be towards Tokmak, which is also the strongest part of the Russian defensive line.

From the late night of June 7th/very early morning of June 8th onwards, Ukraine has been sending waves of forces in to attack Russian defense lines. Ukrainian air defense is barely active if at all, with Russian aviation able to freely attack Ukrainian columns going through minefields. We've seen potential glances of Leopards and various western armored vehicles. Russian morale seems high so far.

Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Here is the archive of important pieces of analysis from throughout the war that we've collected.

This week's first update is here in the comments.

This week's second update is here in the comments.

This week's third update is here in the comments.

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Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. I recommend their map more than the channel at this point, as an increasing subscriber count has greatly diminished their quality.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have decent analysis. Avoid the comment section.

Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources. Beware of chuddery.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the warzone.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Telegram Channels

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

Pro-Russian

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist (but still quite reactionary in terms of gender and sexuality and race, so beware). If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.

https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.

https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.

https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ Another big Russian commentator.

https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia's army.

https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine

Almost every Western media outlet.

https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.

https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

Last week's discussion post.

  • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
    ·
    1 year ago

    Report with photo proof

    In total, during the failed attack on the Zaporozhye direction, the APU lost at least:

    — 5 German Leopard 2A6 and 2A4 tanks (2 destroyed, 1 shot down and abandoned, 3 abandoned)

    — 6 American M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicles (all shot down and abandoned)

    — 3 American MRAP M1224 MaxxPro (all shot down and abandoned)

    — 1 Dutch YPR-765 armored personnel carrier (shot down and abandoned)

    — 1 Czech T-72M1 (destroyed)

    — 1 BMR-2 mine clearance vehicle (hit and abandoned)

    — 1 French VAB armored car (hit and abandoned).

    — several burnt-out trucks

    For the first time, Leopard 2 tanks and M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed.

    • BlueParenti [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      While I refuse to self-harm by going to check I'm sure :reddit-logo: is coping hard by saying each Bradley took out at least a thousand orcs each before being destroyed or some shit

      • kleeon [he/him, he/him]
        ·
        1 year ago

        no, they are blaming inferior slavic brainpan for not being able to properly use western equipement

        https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/ZRnpMHJngh.png

        • emizeko [they/them]
          ·
          1 year ago

          PanzerKomadant

          [Pro Ukraine]

          wow what a surprise the wehraboo is pro ukraine

        • VoldemortPutler [none/use name]
          ·
          1 year ago

          The last one saying it's not possible to change doctrine in 4 months. Once again Russian propaganda turns into the truth

            • anoncpc [comrade/them]
              ·
              1 year ago

              It’s disgusting that the propaganda the west pump out give the Ukrainians false hope, anyone have a lick of brain would know that it’s impossible to switch doctrine and incorporate different system into once, especially when you switch from ussr system to western system. Just because a few of them learning fast in the past, which already got annihilated doesn’t mean this group gonna adapt.

                • anoncpc [comrade/them]
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  Most of the peoples that they conscript are from kidnapping, coercing and threatening from those poor villager in the East and minority like Transcapathian. But yes, the Ukrainian in west and Kiev itself are disgusting.

          • anoncpc [comrade/them]
            ·
            1 year ago

            Oh, so they know about that, but still do propaganda hype to give the Ukrainian false hope and rushing them into their death. Like, Russia should be condemn, but western nation and their supporter have blood on their hand, they should be call out and condemn for interfering with the negotiations process and pump out propaganda to brain wash the whole nation into death

          • Marxismwithcats [any]
            ·
            1 year ago

            As we all know from paradox games it is a bad idea changing doctrines as you lose 100 army experience and all the old benefits, unless you have a good chief of army then you only lose 90 army experience.

        • amyra [she/her]
          ·
          1 year ago

          I saw one say the Bradley’s are empty, so it doesn’t count.

          somebody tell these nerds that the whole "equipment is replaceable, men aren't" thing only works if the equipment is actually replaceable. Ukraine has maybe a hundred of these things and they aren't getting any more.

          Pretending that losing 10% of your supposed wonder weapons in a span of two days while not even reaching Russian defensive lines is no big deal is ridiculous.

          • keepcarrot [she/her]
            ·
            1 year ago

            If the fire-power being levelled at you is taking out leopards, I wouldn't want to be in a Bradley. Probably would have wanted to leave very soon after the first tanks had been knocked out o_O

        • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
          ·
          1 year ago

          smh the Ukrainians don't have the wherewithal to get out of the APC that just had liquid metal ricocheting around inside of it so the Reddit Joint Chiefs can count the bodies outside the APC

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      And all that was entirely behind the front line. The German wonder tanks didn't even get into the fight before they were picked apart by artillery and helicopters